BILL NUMBER: ACR 34	CHAPTERED  05/03/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   18
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   MAY 3, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   APRIL 29, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 15, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 15, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 14, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cedillo
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Gallegos, Aanestad, Ackerman,
Alquist, Ashburn, Baldwin, Bates, Battin, Baugh, Brewer, Briggs,
Calderon, Campbell, Cardenas, Cardoza, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Cunneen,
Davis, Dickerson, Ducheny, Dutra, Firebaugh, Florez, Floyd,
Frusetta, Granlund, Havice, Hertzberg, Honda, House, Jackson,
Kaloogian, Keeley, Knox, Kuehl, Leach, Lempert, Leonard, Longville,
Lowenthal, Machado, Maddox, Maldonado, Margett, Mazzoni, McClintock,
Migden, Nakano, Olberg, Oller, Robert Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Papan,
Pescetti, Reyes, Romero, Runner, Scott, Shelley, Soto, Strickland,
Strom-Martin, Thompson, Thomson, Torlakson, Villaraigosa, Vincent,
Wayne, Wesson, Wiggins, Wildman, Wright, and Zettel)

                        MARCH 24, 1999

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 34--Relative to children.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 34, Cedillo.  El Dia de los Ninos.
   This measure would declare April 30, 1999, to be El Dia de los
Ninos.




   WHEREAS, Latino children are the center of the Latino family; and
   WHEREAS, Latino families should have an established day to
acknowledge the contribution and value of their children; and
   WHEREAS, The strengths of the Latino culture can be preserved and
passed down to future generations; and
   WHEREAS, Latino families, communities, and the generations that
follow are committed to providing a safe environment for children to
know, love, grow, learn, excel, and be happy; and
   WHEREAS, The National Latino Children's Institute, and the "El Dia
de los Ninos" Los Angeles Committee have designated April 30 as "El
Dia de los Ninos," a day to bring together Latino and other
communities nationwide to celebrate and uplift all children and
ensure that they are first in our lives and have a future in the next
millennium; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That April 30, 1999, shall be declared as "El Dia
de los Ninos" in the State of California; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature joins with children, parents,
individuals, families, organizations, communities, cities, and states
across the nation to share the establishment of a nationally
recognized and celebrated "El Dia de los Ninos" beginning April 30,
1999, and to be celebrated by all generations that follow.
